NORTON — A 6-year-old girl who was reported missing Friday afternoon has died after being pulled from an icy pond by rescue personnel near her home in Norton, according to a statement from the police and fire chiefs.

The little girl had non-verbal autism, according to reporting by WCVB.

Fire Chief Shawn Simmons and Police Chief Brian M. Clark said Norton police and fire personnel pulled her from an icy pond off Power Street on Friday, January, 17.

Dispatch received the initial call that she was missing at 2:28 p.m., they said.

“Due to the proximity of the home to the water, Norton Fire personnel immediately began searching nearby Barrowsville Pond and Wading River,” the statement said.

Norton Police and Fire staged a rescue command post at the bridge across the street from the child’s home, they said. Multiple Norton firefighters quickly put on cold water rescue suits at the scene and entered the water to search for the little girl.

At 3:27 p.m., divers found her in the water on the Barrowsville side of the bridge over Power Street, they said. EMS performed life-saving efforts at the scene and in the ambulance during transport. She was transported to Sturdy Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead.